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| '''Lt. Col. W. Gordon''' and his wife, Mrs. [[Alice Gordon]], became members of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[August 6]], 1879.
| | #REDIRECT [[William Gordon]] |
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| According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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| Gordon, Lt. Co. W. and [[Alice Gordon|Mrs. Alice]], members of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]], residents of Calcutta and friends of [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]], [[A. O. Hume|AOH]], and the [[Founders]]. They were primarily interested in [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]]. Mrs. Gordon accompanied the Founders on their first trip to [[Simla, India|Simla]] in 1880. The Gordons were hosts to the [[Mediums|medium]], [[William Eglinton]], in Calcutta in the spring of 1882, after his original host, Mr. Meugens, had left Calcutta. The Gordons were witnesses to the [[Vega incident|''Vega'' phenomenon]] connected with Eglinton's trip back to England. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 16.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 219.</ref>
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| In [[Mahatma_Letter_No._107#Page 1 transcription, image, and notes|one of his letters]] to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]], [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] wrote about the Col. the following:
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| <blockquote>Pray, convey to Col. Gordon the expression of my sympathy and friendly esteem. He is indeed a loyal friend and trustworthy ally. Tell him that with every allowance for the motives given and his own quiet modesty I yet believe he may do much good in his own unassuming way.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 107 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 366.</ref></blockquote>
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| == Notes ==
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| [[Category:Associates of HPB|Gordon, W.]]
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| [[Category:Military|Gordon, W.]]
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| [[Category:Spiritualists|Gordon, W.]]
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| [[Category:Nationality English|Gordon, W.]]
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